Financial & Tax Architects, LLC

In its 13F for Q3 2024 (holdings as of September 30, 2024, filed November 13, 2024), Financial & Tax Architects, LLC reported 95 stock positions worth $389.0 million. Its top holding was SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US (SPY) at 5.5% of the portfolio, followed by SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF (BIL, 5.3%) and iShares MSCI Eafe ETF (EFA, 5.0%). Compared with Q2 2024, it opened 16 new positions, sold out of 3, added to 23 and reduced 53. The biggest buy was a new position in iShares Core US REIT ETF (USRT) and the biggest sale Abrdn Bloomberg All Commodit (BCI, shares −98%).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
ST LOUIS, MO
CIK
0001758543
Portfolio Value
$389.0M (Q3 2024)
SEC Filing
0001214659-24-018843 ↗ filed Nov 13, 2024

Holdings Value

0$100.0M$200.0M$300.0M$400.0M$500.0M Q1 2024: $363.4M Q1 2024 Q2 2024: $373.0M Q2 2024 Q3 2024: $389.0M $389.0M Q3 2024 Q4 2024: $392.6M Q4 2024 Q1 2025: $398.4M Q1 2025 Q2 2025: $411.7M Q2 2025 Q3 2025: $453.1M Q3 2025 Q4 2025: $445.0M Q4 2025 Q1 2026: $448.4M Q1 2026 Q2 2026: $474.3M Q2 2026

Holdings 95 stocks · $389.0M

SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US 5.52% 37,457 $21.5M Reduce -2.9%
BIL SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF 5.32% 225,398 $20.7M Reduce -2.5%
EFA iShares MSCI Eafe ETF 4.97% 231,301 $19.3M Reduce -2.1%
IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury B 4.75% 188,170 $18.5M Add +0.5%
USRT iShares Core US REIT ETF 4.62% 291,874 $18.0M New
AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate 4.16% 159,733 $16.2M Reduce -7.5%
PCY Invesco Emerging Markets Sov 3.71% 671,270 $14.4M Reduce -10.4%
VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US 3.62% 49,777 $14.1M Reduce -17.2%
NOBL Proshares S&P 500 Dividend A 3.43% 125,094 $13.4M Reduce -11.1%
BND Vanguard Total Bond Market 3.16% 163,473 $12.3M Add +11.3%
VGLT Vanguard Long-Term Treasury 2.30% 145,193 $8.9M New
IBM Intl Business Machines Corp. filed as INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS 2.00% 35,117 $7.8M Reduce -4.6%
WMT Walmart Inc. 1.96% 94,499 $7.6M Reduce -9.1%
LOW Lowe's Cos Inc. 1.83% 26,274 $7.1M Reduce -2.6%
ABBV Abbvie Inc. 1.80% 35,420 $7.0M Reduce -5.7%
CAT Caterpillar Inc. 1.79% 17,814 $7.0M Reduce -1.4%
SPGI S&P Global Inc. 1.78% 13,428 $6.9M Reduce -7.7%
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Co. 1.77% 18,068 $6.9M Reduce -4.3%
NEE Nextera Energy Inc. 1.75% 80,338 $6.8M Reduce -2.6%
MCD McDonald's Corp. 1.73% 22,126 $6.7M Reduce -0.1%
TIP iShares Tips Bond ETF 1.73% 60,925 $6.7M Reduce -9.2%
KO The Coca-Cola Co. 1.72% 93,267 $6.7M Reduce -3.9%
ADP Automatic Data Processing 1.67% 23,521 $6.5M Reduce -4.3%
MDT Medtronic PLC 1.66% 71,650 $6.5M Reduce -0.7%
ABT Abbott Laboratories 1.65% 56,209 $6.4M Reduce -0.6%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson 1.63% 39,186 $6.4M Reduce -0.5%
PG The Procter & Gamble Co. 1.63% 36,599 $6.3M Reduce -2.5%
CL Colgate-Palmolive Co. 1.62% 60,636 $6.3M Reduce -2.2%
XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. 1.58% 52,400 $6.1M Reduce -1.5%
GD General Dynamics Corp. 1.50% 19,338 $5.8M Add +0.6%
PEP Pepsico Inc. 1.49% 34,108 $5.8M Add +0.9%
CVX Chevron Corp. 1.47% 38,788 $5.7M Add +2.8%
VTWO Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF 1.10% 47,687 $4.3M Reduce -16.1%
NVDA Nvidia Corp. 1.07% 34,251 $4.2M Reduce -0.0%
HYG Ishr Ibx Usd Hiyld CB ETF-Ui 0.85% 41,313 $3.3M Add +15.7%
USHY iShares Broad Usd High Yield 0.83% 86,023 $3.2M Add +9.3%
HYS PIMCO 0-5 Year H/Y Corp. Bond 0.80% 32,561 $3.1M Add +8.7%
IAU iShares Gold Trust 0.71% 55,693 $2.8M Reduce -3.5%
AAPL Apple Inc. 0.68% 11,326 $2.6M Add +20.6%
VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF 0.64% 25,521 $2.5M Reduce -1.3%
GBIL Goldman Sachs Access Treasur 0.62% 23,877 $2.4M Reduce -49.0%
TLH iShares 10-20 Year Treasury 0.61% 21,870 $2.4M New
SCHR Schwab Intermediate-Term US 0.59% 45,055 $2.3M Add +0.4%
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 0.58% 5,233 $2.3M Add +3.4%
FTSD Franklin Short Duration U.S. 0.57% 24,466 $2.2M Reduce -18.2%
VLUE iShares MSCI USA Value Facto 0.54% 19,186 $2.1M Reduce -17.7%
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A 0.41% 2,777 $1.6M Add +1.7%
SGOL Abrdn Physical Gold Shares 0.40% 61,974 $1.6M New
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 0.39% 8,101 $1.5M Reduce -2.9%
AVGO Broadcom Inc. 0.37% 8,388 $1.4M Reduce -9.3%
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. 0.37% 1,623 $1.4M Add +2.3%
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C 0.35% 8,117 $1.4M Add +1.1%
NFLX Netflix Inc. 0.33% 1,816 $1.3M New
EWM iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF 0.33% 47,128 $1.3M Reduce -30.9%
ASML ASML Holding NV-NY Reg SHS 0.31% 1,426 $1.2M Add +7.6%
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF 0.28% 1,876 $1.1M New
XLU St Sr Utl SL SE SPDR ETF-Usd 0.20% 9,638 $779K Reduce -8.6%
XLF SS Financial Select Sector 0.18% 15,148 $687K Reduce -7.5%
XLI SS Industrial Select Sector 0.17% 4,973 $674K Reduce -7.1%
VOX Vanguard Communication Servi 0.17% 4,554 $662K Reduce -8.1%
IYR iShares US Real Estate ETF 0.17% 6,354 $647K Reduce -6.0%
XLP SS Consumer Staples Sel Sect 0.16% 7,679 $637K Reduce -7.8%
PNR Pentair PLC 0.16% 6,513 $637K Add +4.9%
XLY SS Consumer Disc Select Sect 0.16% 3,167 $635K Reduce -6.7%
XLK SS Technology Select Sector 0.16% 2,796 $631K Reduce -12.3%
XLV SS Health Care Select Sector 0.16% 4,098 $631K Reduce -7.2%
XLB SS Materials Select Sector 0.16% 6,393 $616K Reduce -6.8%
FM iShares Frontier and Select 0.16% 22,304 $614K Reduce -20.3%
SAP Sap SE-Sponsored ADR 0.16% 2,660 $609K Add +1.5%
UL Unilever PLC 0.16% 9,303 $604K Add +2.1%
SNY Sanofi-ADR 0.15% 10,299 $594K Add +6.0%
XLE SS Energy Select Sector 0.15% 6,633 $582K Reduce -5.8%
CB Chubb Ltd. 0.15% 1,971 $569K Add +6.7%
AMCR Amcor PLC 0.15% 50,145 $568K Add +4.6%
INFY Infosys Ltd.-SP ADR 0.15% 25,503 $568K Reduce -5.0%
LIN Linde PLC 0.15% 1,187 $566K Add +10.5%
NVS Novartis AG-Sponsored ADR 0.14% 4,839 $557K Add +2.9%
BTI British American Tob-SP ADR 0.13% 14,335 $524K New
UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. 0.13% 868 $508K No change
HD Home Depot Inc. 0.13% 1,200 $486K No change
GSY Invesco Ultra Short Duration 0.11% 8,856 $444K Reduce -37.7%
VB Vanguard Most SM-Cap ETF-Usd 0.11% 1,733 $411K New
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 0.10% 836 $408K New
BCI Abrdn Bloomberg All Commodit filed as ABRDN ETFS 0.10% 19,437 $397K Reduce -97.9%
BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF 0.09% 4,621 $364K Reduce -52.1%
SCHD Schwab US DVD Equity ETF 0.09% 4,301 $364K New
KXI iShares Global Consumer Stap 0.08% 5,023 $330K New
IGF iShares Global Infrastructur 0.08% 5,679 $309K New
OUNZ Vaneck Merk Gold ETF 0.07% 11,130 $283K New
VDE Vanguard Energy ETF 0.07% 2,259 $277K Reduce -11.1%
MA Mastercard Inc. Class A 0.07% 539 $266K No change
ARGT Global X MSCI Argentina ETF 0.06% 3,669 $243K New
IVE iShares S&P 500 Value ETF 0.06% 1,144 $226K New
VCSH Vanguard S/T Corp. Bond ETF 0.05% 2,610 $207K Reduce -98.0%
VO Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap ETF-Usd 0.05% 780 $206K New

Portfolio Sells Q2 2024 → Q3 2024

BCI Abrdn Bloomberg All Commodit Reduce -97.9% 0.10% −4.93
VCSH Vanguard S/T Corp. Bond ETF Reduce -98.0% 0.05% −2.60
VTI VG Morningstar TS MKT ETF-US Reduce -17.2% 3.62% −0.69
GBIL Goldman Sachs Access Treasur Reduce -49.0% 0.62% −0.64
EPOL iShares MSCI Poland ETF Sold out 0.00% −0.40
BIL SS SPDR BB 1-3M T-Bill ETF Reduce -2.5% 5.32% −0.37
AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Reduce -7.5% 4.16% −0.34
PCY Invesco Emerging Markets Sov Reduce -10.4% 3.71% −0.31
AMD Advanced Micro Devices Sold out 0.00% −0.30
NOBL Proshares S&P 500 Dividend A Reduce -11.1% 3.43% −0.19
TIP iShares Tips Bond ETF Reduce -9.2% 1.73% −0.19
VTWO Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF Reduce -16.1% 1.10% −0.15
NVO Novo-Nordisk A/S-Spons ADR Sold out 0.00% −0.15
FTSD Franklin Short Duration U.S. Reduce -18.2% 0.57% −0.15
VLUE iShares MSCI USA Value Facto Reduce -17.7% 0.54% −0.11
BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Reduce -52.1% 0.09% −0.10
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US Reduce -2.9% 5.52% −0.10
EWM iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF Reduce -30.9% 0.33% −0.08
GSY Invesco Ultra Short Duration Reduce -37.7% 0.11% −0.08
NVDA Nvidia Corp. Reduce -0.0% 1.07% −0.07
XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. Reduce -1.5% 1.58% −0.06
FM iShares Frontier and Select Reduce -20.3% 0.16% −0.05
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. Reduce -2.9% 0.39% −0.04
XLK SS Technology Select Sector Reduce -12.3% 0.16% −0.03
PG The Procter & Gamble Co. Reduce -2.5% 1.63% −0.03
AVGO Broadcom Inc. Reduce -9.3% 0.37% −0.03
XLE SS Energy Select Sector Reduce -5.8% 0.15% −0.02
VDE Vanguard Energy ETF Reduce -11.1% 0.07% −0.02
VOX Vanguard Communication Servi Reduce -8.1% 0.17% −0.01
XLV SS Health Care Select Sector Reduce -7.2% 0.16% −0.01
XLP SS Consumer Staples Sel Sect Reduce -7.8% 0.16% −0.01
XLB SS Materials Select Sector Reduce -6.8% 0.16% −0.00
XLF SS Financial Select Sector Reduce -7.5% 0.18% −0.00
XLY SS Consumer Disc Select Sect Reduce -6.7% 0.16% −0.00
XLI SS Industrial Select Sector Reduce -7.1% 0.17% −0.00
CL Colgate-Palmolive Co. Reduce -2.2% 1.62% +0.01
IYR iShares US Real Estate ETF Reduce -6.0% 0.17% +0.01
XLU St Sr Utl SL SE SPDR ETF-Usd Reduce -8.6% 0.20% +0.01
EFA iShares MSCI Eafe ETF Reduce -2.1% 4.97% +0.01
INFY Infosys Ltd.-SP ADR Reduce -5.0% 0.15% +0.01
IAU iShares Gold Trust Reduce -3.5% 0.71% +0.03
SPGI S&P Global Inc. Reduce -7.7% 1.78% +0.04
VNQ Vanguard Real Estate ETF Reduce -1.3% 0.64% +0.06
KO The Coca-Cola Co. Reduce -3.9% 1.72% +0.07
ABBV Abbvie Inc. Reduce -5.7% 1.80% +0.07
ABT Abbott Laboratories Reduce -0.6% 1.65% +0.07
WMT Walmart Inc. Reduce -9.1% 1.96% +0.07
JNJ Johnson & Johnson Reduce -0.5% 1.63% +0.09
ADP Automatic Data Processing Reduce -4.3% 1.67% +0.10
MDT Medtronic PLC Reduce -0.7% 1.66% +0.14

Portfolio Buys Q2 2024 → Q3 2024

USRT iShares Core US REIT ETF New 4.62% +4.62
VGLT Vanguard Long-Term Treasury New 2.30% +2.30
TLH iShares 10-20 Year Treasury New 0.61% +0.61
SGOL Abrdn Physical Gold Shares New 0.40% +0.40
NFLX Netflix Inc. New 0.33% +0.33
BND Vanguard Total Bond Market Add +11.3% 3.16% +0.32
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF New 0.28% +0.28
AAPL Apple Inc. Add +20.6% 0.68% +0.15
BTI British American Tob-SP ADR New 0.13% +0.13
HYG Ishr Ibx Usd Hiyld CB ETF-Ui Add +15.7% 0.85% +0.11
VB Vanguard Most SM-Cap ETF-Usd New 0.11% +0.11
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 New 0.10% +0.10
SCHD Schwab US DVD Equity ETF New 0.09% +0.09
KXI iShares Global Consumer Stap New 0.08% +0.08
IGF iShares Global Infrastructur New 0.08% +0.08
OUNZ Vaneck Merk Gold ETF New 0.07% +0.07
USHY iShares Broad Usd High Yield Add +9.3% 0.83% +0.07
ARGT Global X MSCI Argentina ETF New 0.06% +0.06
IVE iShares S&P 500 Value ETF New 0.06% +0.06
HYS PIMCO 0-5 Year H/Y Corp. Bond Add +8.7% 0.80% +0.05
VO Vngrd Mrngstr MD-Cap ETF-Usd New 0.05% +0.05
IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury B Add +0.5% 4.75% +0.05
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A Add +1.7% 0.41% +0.04
PNR Pentair PLC Add +4.9% 0.16% +0.04
SNY Sanofi-ADR Add +6.0% 0.15% +0.03
UL Unilever PLC Add +2.1% 0.16% +0.02
AMCR Amcor PLC Add +4.6% 0.15% +0.02
CB Chubb Ltd. Add +6.7% 0.15% +0.02
LIN Linde PLC Add +10.5% 0.15% +0.02
SAP Sap SE-Sponsored ADR Add +1.5% 0.16% +0.01
NVS Novartis AG-Sponsored ADR Add +2.9% 0.14% +0.01
COST Costco Wholesale Corp. Add +2.3% 0.37% +0.01
GD General Dynamics Corp. Add +0.6% 1.50% +0.01
SCHR Schwab Intermediate-Term US Add +0.4% 0.59% −0.00
PEP Pepsico Inc. Add +0.9% 1.49% −0.00
MSFT Microsoft Corp. Add +3.4% 0.58% −0.03
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C Add +1.1% 0.35% −0.05
ASML ASML Holding NV-NY Reg SHS Add +7.6% 0.31% −0.06
CVX Chevron Corp. Add +2.8% 1.47% −0.11

All Filings

QuarterPositions13F Reported ValueTop Holdings
Q2 2026 110$474.3MFBND, USRT, EFA, SPY, BCI
Q1 2026 108$448.4MVTI, BCI, EFA, USRT, SPY
Q4 2025 103$445.0MVTI, EFA, SPY, IEF, USRT
Q3 2025 104$453.1MEFA, FBND, SPY, BCI, USRT
Q2 2025 93$411.7MBIL, EFA, SPY, IEF, VTI
Q1 2025 101$398.4MSPY, BCI, EFA, IEF, USRT
Q4 2024 103$392.6MBIL, SPY, IEF, USRT, AGG
Q3 2024 95$389.0MSPY, BIL, EFA, IEF, USRT
Q2 2024 82$373.0MBIL, SPY, BCI, EFA, IEF
Q1 2024 85$363.4MSPY, EFA, USRT, BCI, IEF